Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 109854

Pension Funds: Fossil Fuels

Tabled: 30 January 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what discussions he has had with The Pensions Regulator on what estimate it has made of how many and what proportion of UK pension scheme assets invested in (a) thermal coal-fired and (b) any other foss

Answer

Torsten Bell
The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has not produced such estimates. As part of its supervision and to assist in understanding the link between performance and asset allocation, TPR now gets access to investment data from workplace pension schemes – including in...

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